[Shootout-list] Least Common Denominator benchmark

[Bengt Kleberg]

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
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> A PHB might peruse the Shootout and find:
> 
> - the Least Common Denominator benchmark

would the name

basic benchmark

be easier on the eyes of a phb?


> - the Garbage Collection benchmark
> - the Concurrency benchmark
> 
> Then she might select the one most appropriate to her project.  Or if
> she can't figure that out, her lead programmer might set her straight on
> it.

i think that the result of looking at the basic benchmark will be that 
they do it in c(++) as they always have. with a few java/c# thrown in 
from the really adventurous.
but i still like the idea of a language shootout. for fun.


bengt